Woman who lied about gunman arrested for making false 911 call

A false 911 call that temporarily locked down two Osceola County schools resulted in the arrest Wednesday of a Kissimmee woman, according to the sheriff's office.

Jontae Brown is charged with telling 911 operators at 2:23 p.m. that there was an armed man near the corner of Remington Boulevard and Partin Settlement Road, a report stated.

Two nearby schools, Partin Settlement Elementary School and PM Wells Charter School, were locked down as a precaution while multiple deputies and a sheriff's helicopter searched the buildings and surrounding grounds. The search delayed the release of students at day's end by about 45 minutes, the report stated.

After deputies determined there was no threat, the anonymous call was traced to Brown's cell phone. She lives nearby on Belvoir Drive in the Remington neighborhood, the report stated.

Brown told deputies she loaned her phone to an unknown woman. When deputies checked her phone they found the call to 911 was missing but there were several calls from 911 dispatchers that were not answered.

Brown "advised her phone was on vibrate and she did not feel the phone although it was located in her breast area," the report stated.

Deputies charged Brown with two counts of disruption of school functions, filing a false report, and misuse of the 911 system, according to the arrest report. After her two children were turned over to the care of a friend, Brown was booked into the county jail in lieu of $3,000 bail.